I'll see your shudder and raise you a wiggins. Sweet zombie Jesus! :O

I guess they're, what? Taking humanity out of the equation and encouraging people to only view their partners as sources of virulence? Mostly I think it's just going to freak people out.

Somehow I think Illyria would be even handsier.

Somehow I think Illyria would be even handsier.
I also think she'd be a top.

The thing is though... I sort of can't stop looking at it, especially the little identations the legs make on the guys body. It's as if he's fucking poor Gregor from Kafka's Metamorphosis.

I've never seen or read Naked Lunch. Dare I ask? Bill Burroughs was pretty cracked.

On the other hand.. dude has a nice caboose
Points for that, at least. So, does that mean only pretty, model types get STDs? And that scorpions like to hang out in Spartan bedrooms? I'll be sure to avoid both in the future.

Cronenberg, yeah?
Ooooh, Cronenberg. That makes a world of sense, what with his whole thing about body transformations. Last semester I was taking the "Anthropology of Media" and I was introduced to his work like "The Fly" and "Videodrome." Holy shit. A guy whose stomach turns into a vagina fucking himself with a gun? That's some sort of crazy genius perversity. Hm, I need to put "Dead Ringers" on my Netflix queue.

Duly noted! I'll proceed with caution. I do like Jeremy Irons =)

NO idea what the intent is, marketing-wise, but I bet $20 that someone manips Spike's head on there within a week. :)

Bwahahahaaa! Yer funny.

Thanks! :)

LMAO. I think you'd win that bet. Any takers? *looks around* What would the story be behind such an encounter?

"Slow day at the office, went down to the sub-basement. Found a bloke to shag. I wasn't feeling picky?"

You need a STORY to go along with your Spike-fucking-a-scorpion manip? Can't we just figure Spike would shag anything? :) Wait... that's JM's OTHER role...

yes yes WTF hardcore - like seriously is that really supposed to be effective other than making people squirm and not about the intended message. I'd be uncomfortable about the whole bug thing and forget about what the ad was for!!!!

But yes to quote my friend Nice Caboose :P

Well, it was produced by a French ad firm. Perhaps we can chalk it up to their wacky sensibilities?

And makes me wonder if that's what it's like to screw Illyria *shudder*
Heh! :)

I guess it works as an add to get attention. The image is so icky that it stays in the mind for a while.

Very true! It seems more and more ads, especially fashion ads, go for shock value. It got my attention enough to post about it, but it's a sad message when you're meant to villianize or "monsterfy" people with AIDS/STDs. Sometimes it's a matter of carelessness, but sometimes people are victims too. Not exactly the most positive sentiment about humanity.

I think the thought behind it must have been to monsterfy the illness itself and the dangers of unprotected sex but you are of course right. It does villianize the sick persons too, which is not exactly helpful.